The U.S. forces’ recent attack on a village in the Abu Kamal border region of Syria, which left eight civilians dead, showed that after numerous setbacks in Iraq the occupiers are now trying to drag regional countries into the Iraq crisis.

The attack on the village of Sokarieh and the murder of innocent people, on the pretext of pursuing members of Al-Qaeda, was a new trick by the U.S. meant to internationalize the crisis in Iraq so that the occupiers can cover up the fact that they were unable to convince the Iraqi government to sign the proposed security pact, known as the Status of Forces Agreement.
This move is the prelude to the “expanding the crisis in Iraq to its borders” scenario, which will be implemented if the Iraqis do not sign the security pact.
The United States’ unjustified attack on the Syrian civilians is definitely not an isolated incident and similar actions will be taken against the other countries bordering Iraq.
The U.S. launched the attack to trick Iraq’s neighbors into making a hasty reaction, which would give the occupiers a pretext to expand the scope of the Iraq crisis.
Under such circumstances, the occupiers will try to shift responsibility for their failures to Iraq’s neighbors in order to expand the crisis across the region.
On the other hand, the critical situation in Israel and the failure of Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party to form a cabinet have caused concern for the U.S. and some Western countries. In fact, the recent attack was made to pressure Syria into decreasing its demands and distancing itself from Palestinian Islamic movements.
Thus, Syria will try to use diplomatic channels to condemn the U.S. However, these moves will be stymied due to the injustice of the international system and the pressure imposed by the United States.
It is clear that the financial crisis in the U.S., the distinct possibility that Republican candidate John McCain will lose the presidential election, and the problems arising from the rejection of the Iraq-U.S. security pact will prompt George W. Bush to expand the crisis to other countries, including Iraq’s neighbors.
Syria has closed all its cultural and educational centers affiliated to the U.S., but its leaders are aware that any brash reaction would give the U.S. a pretext to carry out more provocative actions against the country.
Of course, in light of the U.S. domination of international organizations and the current state of affairs, no satisfactory response can be expected from the United Nations or the international community. This shows that the law of the jungle rules the world today, not humanitarianism.